Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 112%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 95%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics126% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive216% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5  (all builds)
Memory11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180309
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 17 '20 at 00:13
Run Duration147 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing as expected (59th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
87.8% Excellent
Memory 92.1
1-Core 127
2-Core 255
88% 158 Pts
4-Core 450
8-Core 691
71% 570 Pts
64-Core 693
43% 693 Pts
Poor: 70%
This bench: 87.8%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Asus(1043 85E5) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 442.59
Performing below potential (64th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
126% Outstanding
Lighting 175
Reflection 189
Parallax 190
142% 184 fps
MRender 122
Gravity 173
Splatting 125
114% 140 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 126%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625
192GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 719 678 657 654 645 663 MB/s
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
216% Outstanding
Read 1,901
Write 1,087
Mixed 700
SusWrite 669
241% 1,089 MB/s
4K Read 41.1
4K Write 143
4K Mixed 54.8
208% 79.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1,244
DQ Write 339
DQ Mixed 451
421% 678 MB/s
Poor: 138%
This bench: 216%
Great: 283%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB-$121
1TB free
Firmware: CV23
SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 138 142 143 143 143 MB/s
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
86.3% Excellent
Read 159
Write 158
Mixed 75.7
SusWrite 142
98% 134 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.7
129% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 86.3%
Great: 113%
Seagate ST91000430AS 1TB
382GB free
Firmware: CC9D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 62 67 67 68 68 MB/s
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
34.8% Below average
Read 55
Write 38.8
Mixed 17.5
SusWrite 66.3
32% 44.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.3
60% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 22%
This bench: 34.8%
Great: 46%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
76.5% Very good
MC Read 27.8
MC Write 29
MC Mixed 23.7
77% 26.8 GB/s
SC Read 18
SC Write 29.9
SC Mixed 23.8
68% 23.9 GB/s
Latency 63.8
63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 51%
This bench: 76.5%
Great: 88%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical GA-Z170N-Gaming 5 Builds (Compare 501 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 68%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 57%
Gunboat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z170N-Gaming 5 - $120

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 99% - Outstanding Total price: $558
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